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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Grandfather spend the night?
2. What do the men in the coffeehouse say that they need to find for Mattie?
3. Who else is in the wagon with Mattie?
4. How does this new person help Mrs. Cook?
5. What wakes Mattie up at the beginning of Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the soldier's trick for finding water that Mattie uses?
2. What did Grandfather find when he returned home to the coffeehouse?
3. What do Mattie and Grandfather learn at the newspaper office?
4. Who is Mr. Stephen Girard?
5. Grandfather feels that Nathaniel Benson must do something before he will ever be able to amount to anything. What is it that he feels he should do?
6. Who are the horsemen that stop the wagon?
7. How does Jeannine insult Mattie and her mother?
8. Why does the church bell ring twenty-one times?
9. Why does Eliza feel that Philadelphia is the best city for free African Americans to live?
10. Has Mattie's mother always been "a tired and bitter captain"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In FEVER, 1793 the author presents viewpoints on the themes of fear and perseverance vs. hope.
1) Describe the viewpoints presented on each of these themes.
2) Describe the characters presenting each of these themes.
3) Discuss the role that each of this conflict plays in the novel. Then discuss which the author thinks is more powerful.
Support your ideas with specific examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Mattie grows and changes as a character as the novel progresses. At the same time, she holds to a core set of values. Compare and contrast Mattie at several different stages in her development. Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes FEVER, 1793 addresses is perseverance. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas. Do you believe that the novel does a good job of expounding on this theme? Defend your answer.
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